The Kids Are Tuned In

Joi Donaldson
The Elementals
Published in
3 min readJan 23, 2021

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Image credit: Thuanny Gantuss

On the morning of January 6, I drove through D.C. running errands. I witnessed the line of insurrectionists headed towards the Capitol from Union Station. After running my errands and returning home, I find my daughter standing in our living room, eyes dotting back and forth between her phone and the TV. I know my kid. She has a lot to say but the words aren’t coming yet. So she’s reacting in body language. Laughing. Yelling. Groaning. “How do you…

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